Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Bannon’s lawyer asks to withdraw from case -filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for Steve Bannon is seeking to withdraw from representing the adviser to former President Donald Trump in his criminal contempt case, citing the possibility of being ca...
Jul 08, 2022
Exclusive-Top U.S. LNG producer Cheniere asks Biden admin to drop pollution rule
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cheniere Energy Inc has asked the Biden administration to exempt it from limits on emissions of cancer-causing pollutants, arguing they would force the top ...
Jul 08, 2022
Biden to sign executive order to help safeguard access to abortion, contraception
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month o...
Jul 08, 2022
U.S. asks Russia to recognise fighters held in Ukraine as combatants – Ifax
(Fixes typo in headline) MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday the United States had asked that U.S. fighters detained in Ukraine be recognised as combatants...
Jul 08, 2022
U.S. job growth likely slowed in June; unemployment rate seen at 3.6%
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers likely hired the fewest workers in 14 months in June, but the jobless rate probably remained near pre-pandemic lows, underscoring labor market t...
Jul 07, 2022
Highland Park parade shooting left 8-year-old boy with severed spinal cord
By Christopher Walljasper and Steve Gorman CHICAGO (Reuters) - An 8-year-old boy suffered a severed spinal cord from a gunshot wound to his chest in the July Fourth attack on a Chicago-area parade tha...
Jul 07, 2022
Why Illinois’ gun laws did not stop the Highland Park shooter from buying weapons
By Tom Hals and Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The gunman accused of killing seven people at an Independence Day parade in Chicago's Highland Park suburb obtained a firearms license just months after police in...
Jul 07, 2022
Cleveland ex-officer who shot Tamir Rice quits rural police force
By Randi Love (Reuters) - The former Cleveland officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice almost eight years ago has resigned as the sole member of a rural Pennsylvania police department, two ...
Jul 07, 2022
John Paulson’s wife sues him for $1 billion, says he is hiding money in divorce
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife of hedge fund founder John Paulson has sued him for at least $1 billion, claiming he is trying to hide billions of dollars from her in their divorce. ...
Jul 07, 2022
IRS chief asks Treasury watchdog to probe audits of ex-FBI officials
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig asked the Treasury Department's internal watchdog to investigate how two former FBI officials vilified ...
Jul 07, 2022
